Gail Simmons is a trained culinary expert, food writer, and dynamic television personality. Gail was born in Toronto, Canada on May 19, 1976 into a family of 5 with rich culinary traditions. Her mother, Renee, was a food columnist for the Globe and Mail and conducted many cooking classes within the home. Gail attended McGill University in Montreal where she majored in anthropology and Spanish, until moving to New York City to follow her dream and attend a culinary school that is now known as the Institute of Culinary Education. She trained in the kitchens of renowned Le Cirque 2000 until she got her start and began working for famous chefs and food critics such as Jeffrey Steingarten at Vogue. Gail was soon recognized and was hired as the special projects …show more content…
Gail Simmons previously owned her own television show, hosting a spinoff of Top Chef, known as Top Chef: Just Desserts, until continuing her career on Top Chef as the new head critic on Top Chef Duel. Gail does not own her own restaurant but gained years of experience working at famous restaurants with legendary chefs. She has been featured in several successful cookbooks, including It Must’ve Been Something I Ate by Steingarten, and Cooking in New York by Chef Daniel Boulud. In February 2012, Gail published a book of her own called Talking With My Mouth Full. Gail still makes appearances on many television shows today, sharing her unique and delicious recipes on TODAY on NBC and ABC’s Good Morning America. She has also made many appearances at food festivals such as New York Wine & Food Festival, and South Beach Wine & Food Festival. A year after her book was released, in February 2013, Gail was appointed Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Babson College, where she mentors student entrepreneurs and helps them develop their own enterprises thogugh market strategies and
Elizabeth Griscom was born on New Year's day 1752. Known as Betsy to family and friends, she was the eighth of seventeen youths bound for Rebecca and Samuel Griscom. They lived in Philadelphia. Being strong and relentless Quakers, they were particularly traditionalist. Betsy was completely taught at a friend's Quaker school. It was in this Quaker school that she made sense of how to upholster. With her parent's assent, Betsy transformed into a natural pro in the upholstery shop of John Ross.Betsy soon started to look all starry peered toward at John Ross and they (secretly got hitched) on November fourth, 1773 in Gloucester, New Jersey. Betsy and John ran the upholstery shop together for quite a while. In 1775 John joined the get-together of
Sean Brock grew up in Southwestern Virginia, where growing your own vegetables, hunting and fishing where the norms of every day life. At eleven years old, Sean moved in with his grandparents, along with his mother and brother, after his father died. While living at his grandparents, Sean discovered his love for farming and cooking, where he witnessed how both those things go hand-in-hand. When Sean turned 15, he started his first job in the restaurant industry as a dishwasher and eventually moved up the ranks. At the age of 24, Sean received his first head chef position at a 5 star hotel in Nashville where he stayed for three years. Currently, Chef Brock is chef/owner of McCrady’s and Husk in Charleston.
Kate Kimball is an award-winning fiction author who has worked hard to be in the position she is in now. Despite currently struggling with her health, she has continued to peruse her English PhD in Creative Writing here at Florida State University. Born in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah Kimball is surprised to find herself over 2,000 miles away now studying in the sunshine state. FSU offers one of the top creative writing programs that currently is ranked top 5 in the nation according to The Atlantic Monthly. Kimball was excited to be accepted into the accredited program after earning her bachelor’s from the University of Utah and masters at Virginia Tech. Kimball has always loved writing and says, “Creative writing allows you to write about
Barbara Jordan was born on February 21, 1936 in Houston Texas. She was the youngest child of three. Her father Benjamin Jordan was a Baptist minister and warehouse clerk. Her mother, Arlyne was a maid, housewife and church teacher. Jordan went to college at the University of Texas. She graduated from college being one out of two African American women in her class. Jordan passed away from viral pneumonia on January 17, 1996. Barbara Jordan is a modern here because she is a brave woman, she overcame racism, she is also a civil rights activist.
Beth Brown is an African American woman who studied astrophysics. Astrophysics is an area of science which applies physical laws discovered on Earth to phenomena throughout the cosmos. Cosmos is the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system (Dictionary.com). Beth is a very appreciated and inspiring astronomer. An astronomer is an expert in or student of astronomy. She was an inspiration to women and minorities in encouraging them to pursue their careers in astronomy/physics. Beth Brown died at the age of 39 due to a pulmonary embolism. When she died, the astronomical community lost one of its most buoyant and caring individuals (Bregman 1).
Laurie Simmons was born in Long Island that is in New York in October 3, 1949. She got a B.F.A. from the Tyler School of Art at the Temple University that is in Philadelphia in the year 1971 and then she went to New York and this is where she lives.
“Mum influenced me greatly as a kid with food, and even today,” the popular chef Stone said to the daily telegraph. “She used to make delicious cakes, Anzac biscuits and chocolate chip cookies.” Curtis stone attended Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School where he started studying cooking as an elective. He went through high school topping every cooking class. Although as he got closer to graduating he
Those who appreciate all things **French**, find that the matchless French cuisine menu at Bellagio’s Le Cirque fails to disappoint. As a branch of the acclaimed NYC landmark, Vegas’ Le Cirque offers diners a sumptuous atmosphere under a silk-tent ceiling. Meticulous service, a restful quality and an impressive wine list have made Le Cirque a go-to for discerning foodies for many years. This eatery remains a favorite of one our palatable blonde Vegas escorts, Gene. She has taken many courses in the art of cuisine, and **Gene** is the gal you want by your side if you wish for an engaging date who also happens to be a credible foodie.
Because of passion with cooking and dream to be a chef, I have read a lot of cookbooks, regional culinary books and books about famous chefs, some of them are interesting but none of them was attracted to me the most. Normally, I just found some my favorite recipes in such books. However, “Letters to a young chef”, a book contains a collection of letters which Chef Daniel Boulud wrote to Alex Lee whom worked alongside Daniel for ten years as a passionate young cook, truly brings me desire to make my dream come true as much as help me to broaden my knowledge about culinary arts.
Chef Alice Waters was born on April 28, 1944, in Chatham, New Jersey. She is a chef, an activist, an educator and a journalist. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a degree in French cultural studies, and then trained as a chef at the Montessori School in London, England. During her education, she travelled to France to learn the French way of cooking and developed a knowledge and love for fresher and lighter foods. She cites the fresh, local markets of France as inspiration while she was abroad. In 1971, Waters and friend, Lindsay Shere, opened Chez Pannise in Berkeley. The vision for the restaurant has always remained the same. Fresh ingredients are sourced from local producers and suppliers. With this came
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay had opportunities to work with many great chefs around the world. Now he owns multiple great restaurants around the world and even hosted tv programs such as “ MasterChef”’ and “Hell’s Kitchen”. Gordon Ramsay was born in Glasgow Scotland, raised in Stratford England. His family moved to England when Ramsay was only 5 years old. Growing up Ramsay fell in love with soccer, and was determined to make it has his professional career. By the time he was 15 years old Ramsay was really good at playing soccer that he joined the Glasgow Rangers ( a pro club).
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Gordon Ramsay, famous UK celebrity chef, born on November 8th, 1966 in Scotland and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Ramsay had played soccer all through his early life in high school. He endured many occupational injuries during his football career which led to knee injury. Ramsay enrolled at North Oxfordshire Technical College to study courses in Hotel Management when he was 19. He then moved to France in order to learn classic French cuisine after his graduation. (baversa123, student mode, Apr 2012) Being trained with some world-class chef in Paris for 3 years, Ramsay had learned enough knowledge as much as he could
There are many other chefs that have contributed and played a role to the growing of Californian cuisine. One chef that is famous to the actual birth of Californian cuisine is Alice Waters, in the early 1970s, and her restaurant known as Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California (Shearer, 2008). Alice Waters believe that Californian cuisine as cooking should be based on the finest and freshest seasonal ingredients that are produced sustainable and locally (Waters, 2007). Jeremiah Towers, who worked at Chez Panisse as a chef, has
Professional perception can often determine where a chef goes and what they do with the credentials they have received. i. Kitchen Nightmares is the best example of Gordon Ramsay coming from nothing and becoming an immediate sensation. Many people think this show originated in the U.S, but it originated in the UK. ii. Kitchens Nightmares is where Gordon Ramsay’s temper first showed.